Devon and Cornwall Police were called to an incident in Falmouth on Saturday afternoon after a man was beaten up by a group of teenagers.

A man in his 40s was causing a disturbance in the queue at a branch of KFC on The Moor and was accused of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old female customer.

On leaving the premises the man was assaulted by a group of youths. This incident was reported to the police later.

An eyewitness to the alleged assault outside the fast food restaurant, which took place at about 5.20pm on Saturday, November 3, said: “I was absolutely shocked and disgusted to see a group of 14 and 15-year-old boys and girls beat up a man."

Teenagers were said to have beaten up a man on The Moor in Falmouth on Saturday afternoon

"The girls were egging the boys on, shouting to stamp on his face and were kicking him and punching him in the head and stomach, blood pouring down his face!

“Even if the man had done something wrong he was not hitting them back and was asking them to stop. Violence to this degree is disgusting – eight or more against one!”

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She added: “The police seemed to just let the kids move on as they were in KFC after. How will they learn? They will think they can get away with this kind of behaviour. I sincerely hope they get punished for their violence, if I hadn’t intervened they would have continued. There were children looking out of KFC and families around.

“None of the kids had their stories straight when I asked what he did. The lads just seemed to be jumping on the violence bandwagon. It left me shaking. I love Falmouth and want to feel safe in it.”